The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-23
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL


TO-Day's Doings.
ART NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hall, morning. afternoon
and evening.
GRAND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Barrett. in
"Rieazi. the Last of the Trbunes," afternoon and
evening.
ENGLIsH's OPERA-HOUSE-Hicks & Sawyer's
Coored Minstrels afternoon and evening.
THE MUSEUM-"One of the Bravest," afternoon
and aysnng.
In Brief
Samuel Jones and Anna West were licensed
to marry yesterday.
The thirty-seven merchant policemen of the
city were sworn in for another year by AL Taffe,
OF the Metropolitan force, at o'clock last even
ing.
horse was stolen from the stable of o. NJ.
Temple. residing at the corner of Fletcher
nue. and Dillon street. between and o'clock
last night
Rev. V. s. Dickey. the new pastor Of Olive
street Presbyterian Church, will conduct a praise
meeting tomorrow evening. He will be assisted
by Mr.. John g. Blake and others.
Mrs. Malinda Love, wife of Samuel Love. re-
siding at No. q Young street. was declared in
sane yesterday Her insanity is the result of
grieving over losses by her husband
The Davis Coal Company, of Clay county. yes
terday, filed articles of Incorporation with the
Secretary of State. 1t has 500. 900 capital, with
Daniel Fl. Davis. Joseph Robinson and Harry V.
Sherburne as directors.
Charles Beard, alias Williams. serving term
in the work house for wife-whpping, was turned
over to Sheriff Howell, of Bloomington, ILL.,,
yesterday. He is wanted in that city for forging
an order for a suit of clothes.
The Governor yesterday appointed Abram F.
Widen of Goshen. Charles c. Reynolds, of Mil.
ford and William Conrad of Warsaw to ap-
praise the county property at Albion, from
which it is proposed to remove the county seat
Building permits were issued yesterday to
Charles Viking, for frame cottage on Madison
avenue rear Morris street. to cost 5000: NJ. L.
Hare. three-story brick business house on alley
between Maryland ana Georgia, and Meridian
and Pennsylvania streets, 81. 600.
| Jos. r. Perry went to New York last night to
| bring home his son, DIR. Ralph Perry, who has
| returned from Africa quite sick with chronic
malarial poisoning. caused by long continued at
tacks of African fever. If the Doctor is able to
bear the journey he will be here early next
| week.
| John Weathers confined in the county Jail for
| petit larceny. by mistake last evening took a
] dose of some rheumatism medicine belonging to
George Scott. another inmate, and came near
| dying before medical aid relieved him. The
medicine contained q considerable amount of
! poison.
Warden Murdoch, of the northern prison, was
IN the city yesterday. He says that Gottlieb
| Wachstetter, the South Illinois-street saloon
keeper. who was convicted four years ago of rob
| bling the sheriff of Montgomery county, after
having drueged him, will be released from pris-
on in July. Mr.. Murdoch firmly believes that
! Wachstetter is innocent.
BOY TAKEN AWAY BY TRAMPs.
| John W. Bushnell, the ten-year-old son of
Daniel W. Bushnell, residing at No. l1O7 North
Tennessee street. left tine city with four tranps
| on Friday afternoon and has not been found yet.
| The boy was messenger for the Western Union
Telegraph Company and met the tramps near
| the Boi. railroad east OF the city while he was
| delivering telegram
DENOUNCED AS AN IMPoSToR.
Rev. William Graham one of the bishops
council, of the Pittsburg diocese. has written
letter to the editor of the Glocke, the German
Catholic weekly published in this city, stating
thaa there is not and never has been priest by
the name of Grennan in that diocese, and thai
| the luar arrested here for drunkenness last Mon
day. in representing himself to be priest. is ar
impostor. "You can." he says s'give the mos
emphatic and public denial to the stateme nj
made in the public press that be was priest
and If further proof be necessary to Substantial
the statement, will furnish it."
ISN'T PAYING ENOUGH INTEREST
The interest on the proceeds of tine sale of Ger
tain lands which the Auditor of State controls
is applied to the State University. II is assert
ed by Representative Barnes, of CLARK county
that the rate of interest, per cent, on THU
fund. which amounts to 100000, is less than thu
law requires. He claims that the Legislature O
1879 passed law placing the interest on loans
from the school and college funds a
per cent The attention of tn,
Auditor of State has been called to it.
but the ex-Auditor James H. Rice, states tina
this fund does not come under the law named. Al
it is university and not college fund. The
money IN question came originally from the sail
of lands In Gibson and Monroe counties, and tn
charge of it was given to the auditors of thos
fioc hoU 6Y0Y 1non . fhn e.,
was put in of the Auditor of State who le
it out at 7 per cent. Auditor Carr thinks highe
rate of interest cannot be obtained such loans
An agreed case involving the question will prob
ably be made up for settlement in the courts.
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